The world of El Cid: Chronicles of the Spanish ReconquestSimon Barton, Richard Fletcher Manchester University Press, 2013 M01 1 - 296 páginas Makes available, for the first time in English translation, four of the principal narrative sources for the history of the Spanish kingdom of León-Castile during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Three chronicles focus primarily upon the activities of the kings of León-Castile as leaders of the Reconquest of Spain from the forces of Islam, and especially upon Fernando I (1037-65), his son Alfonso VI (1065-1109) and the latter's grandson Alfonso VII (1126-57). The fourth chronicle is a biography of the hero Rodrigo Díaz, better remembered as El Cid, and is the main source of information about his extraordinary career as a mercenary soldier who fought for Christian and Muslim alike. Covers the fascinating interaction of the Muslim and Christian worlds, each at the height of their power. Each text is prefaced by its own introduction and accompanied by explanatory notes. |
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... Church. This cultural achievement was shattered and dispersed by the Islamic conquest of Spain in the early years of the eighth century. 'Islamic conquest' is shorthand. The conquerors were led by Arab Muslims, but their rank-and-file ...
... Church. This cultural achievement was shattered and dispersed by the Islamic conquest of Spain in the early years of the eighth century. 'Islamic conquest' is shorthand. The conquerors were led by Arab Muslims, but their rank-and-file ...
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... more sense to take over the principality than to go on trying to shore up a feckless ruler. But Toledo was no ordinary city: capital of the Visigothic monarchy, seat of the Primate of the Spanish Church, 4 THE WORLD OF EL CID.
... more sense to take over the principality than to go on trying to shore up a feckless ruler. But Toledo was no ordinary city: capital of the Visigothic monarchy, seat of the Primate of the Spanish Church, 4 THE WORLD OF EL CID.
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... Church, where Isidore and Julian had sat in council and where the visible monuments of that golden age were a constant reminder of past glory – the gain of Toledo was the most resounding blow for Christendom yet struck in the century ...
... Church, where Isidore and Julian had sat in council and where the visible monuments of that golden age were a constant reminder of past glory – the gain of Toledo was the most resounding blow for Christendom yet struck in the century ...
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... Church in Spain. The reformers changed much that native Spaniards had cherished: they swept away Spain's ancient liturgy; they forced Spaniards to learn to write with a new script – and the change from 'Visigothic' script to that called ...
... Church in Spain. The reformers changed much that native Spaniards had cherished: they swept away Spain's ancient liturgy; they forced Spaniards to learn to write with a new script – and the change from 'Visigothic' script to that called ...
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... church council there at the time of the death of Alfonso's brother García in 1090. Rainerius became pope as Paschal II in 1099 and died in January 1118. There is no hint in the HS that he was anything but still alive. This does not ...
... church council there at the time of the death of Alfonso's brother García in 1090. Rainerius became pope as Paschal II in 1099 and died in January 1118. There is no hint in the HS that he was anything but still alive. This does not ...
Contenido
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Bishop Bishop Pelayo of Oviedo Chronicon Regum Legionensium | 65 |
Historia Roderici | 90 |
Chronica Adefonsi Imperatoris | 148 |
Bibliography | 264 |
Index | 274 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
The World of El Cid: Chronicles of the Spanish Reconquest Simon Barton,Richard Fletcher Vista previa limitada - 2000 |
The World of El Cid: Chronicles of the Spanish Reconquest Simon Barton,Richard Fletcher Vista de fragmentos - 2000 |
The World of El Cid: Chronicles of the Spanish Reconquest Simon Barton,Richard Fletcher Vista de fragmentos - 2000 |
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